Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact

Ackermann, Stephen

Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact proposes and supports the claim that small firms make two indispensable contributions to the economy. First, they are an integral part of the renewal process that pervades market economies. New and small firms play a crucial role in experimentation and innovation that leads to technological change, productivity and economic growth. Second, small firms are the essential mechanism by which millions enter the economic and social mainstream of American society. The public policy implications for sustained economic growth and social well-being is the continued high-level creation of new and small firms by all segments of society. It should be the role of government policy to facilitate that process by eliminating entry barriers, lowering transaction costs, and minimizing regulation.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-10-09

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781461373568

ISBN-13: 9781461373568

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5173-7

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 177